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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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